The economic crisis has led to delays in further development of Amsterdam’s new business district and second city center, the Zuidas (South Axis). But what to do with…
The Blind Date Swingers Club probably has the best name for a club night. In fact the BDSC is a Berlin-based club with an ever-changing location…
One in eight shops in the United Kingdom currently stand empty. On the one hand it’s the credit crunch that trebled the number of empty shops, on the…
This construction made by architect Alexander Lefebre and artist Jetske Verhoeven popped up during the alternative art event Kunstvlaai in Amsterdam. It’s a small temporary movie…
The Wibautstraat is a modern four track road that ends in the center of Amsterdam. For years this street was considered to be the most ugly street of…
It took us two years, but it’s here. Yesterday the Karel Appel House opened its doors in the east of Amsterdam. The Karel Appel House is a mixed-use…
By Jesse Jorg | Published:
Thursday March 18, 2010
Wasted Spaces is a London-based non-profit art organization that transforms vacant shop fronts and unused properties into exciting art experiences. This attracts new audiences and gives them the…
Dezeen reports about the semi-translucent bar that designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto have built for a competition of the Universidade do…
By Jesse Jorg | Published:
Thursday December 10, 2009
If you were to go to the Red Light District in Amsterdam, for a long time it was obvious what you would get to see. Since a few years however,…
This is the first time that we react on the news of the day. But with the unexpected and rather predictable collapse of the Dubai bubble we have…
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Yesterday someone pointed me to a fresh photo exhibition in the heart of Hamburg’s district of St. Pauli and bordering neighbourhoods, titled ‘All Over the Kiez’. This project…
Recently, Amsterdam-based urban concept office Golfstromen launched the temporary QR Cloud Project in the western part of the Dutch capital. The project consists of seven artworks…
Online fashion retailer Roktic has opened one of the heaviest short-term pop-up stores I’ve ever heard of. For only one week Roktic will land at the East Gallery at London’s fashionable Brick…
Marseille-born and Amsterdam-based artist Laurence Aëgerter is about to launch a new episode in her ‘Opening Soon/Opening Now’ series in Amsterdam. Currently she is busy turning…
Two days ago I wrote about the importance of the kiosk to the urban realm, especially the quality of public space. It seems that the world of urban…
